Children's learning from educational television

Description

At its best, educational television can provide children with enormous opportunities and can serve as a window to new experiences, enrich academic knowledge, enhance attitudes and motivation, and nurture social skills. This volume documents the impact of educational television in a variety of subject areas and proposes mechanisms to explain its effects. Drawing from a wide variety of research spanning several disciplines, author Shalom M. Fisch analyzes the literature on the impact of educational resources. He focuses on television programs designed for children rather than for adults, although adult literature is included when it is particularly relevant. In addition, much of the discussion concerns the effects of unaided viewing by children, rather than viewing in the context of adult-led follow-up activities. The role of parent-child co-viewing and issues relevant to the use of television in school or child care also receives consideration. This volume is intended to make the disparate literature on educational television's impact more accessible, by bringing it together into a centralized resource. To that end, the volume draws together empirical data on the impact of education.

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Series Statement

• LEA's communication series

Other Editions

• Children's learning from educational television: Sesame Street and beyondL. Erlbaum Associates2003-01-01
• Children's Learning From Educational TelevisionPaperbackLawrence Erlbaum2004-04-21
• Children's Learning From Educational TelevisionHardcoverLawrence Erlbaum2004-04-30
• Children's Learning from Educational TelevisionRoutledge2014-01-01
• Children's Learning from Educational TelevisionTaylor & Francis Group2014-01-01
• Children's Learning from Educational TelevisionTaylor & Francis Group2014-01-01